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Visualizing

the AHA

Selin Apaydın ‘24, Jasmine Yang ‘25, Jenny Yang ‘25

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Background and Disclaimers

  • Not Affiliated with American Historical Association (AHA)
  • First Prototype

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BIG Questions

  • Looking at 1994, 2003, 2013 and 2023, what are the trends happening in the AHA conferences? What are the topics of emerging scholarship over the last 30 years?
  • What are the different of geographical representation with the location of AHA conferences?
  • Which universities are most and least represented as chairs of panels? Which universities are most represented in attendance?
  • What does this information tell us about the profession of history?

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Where is this going?

  • Work with AHA to track attendance and compare that data to chairs, participants, and percentages
  • Analyze data to identify changes and trends over various periods of time